Rent Receipt in District of Columbia

A simple rent receipt to give a tenant for each payment — especially cash. Some states require a receipt for cash rent; check your state below.

What District of Columbia law says

Rent receipts	Always, except when the tenant pays by personal check that fully pays the amount owed. Electronic payments also require a receipt. The receipt must state the amount, purpose and date of the payment and any amount that remains due. Summary from the District's official Tenant Bill of Rights; the regulation text itself controls. Source: 14 DCMR § 306 (as summarized in the D.C. Tenant Bill of Rights, Office of the Tenant Advocate, Sept. 2026)

Rent receipts

Always, except when the tenant pays by personal check that fully pays the amount owed. Electronic payments also require a receipt. The receipt must state the amount, purpose and date of the payment and any amount that remains due.

Summary from the District's official Tenant Bill of Rights; the regulation text itself controls.

Source: 14 DCMR § 306 (as summarized in the D.C. Tenant Bill of Rights, Office of the Tenant Advocate, Sept. 2026)

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RENT RECEIPT No. [receipt number]

Date received: [date received]

Received from: [tenant name(s)]

Rental address: [rental address]

Amount: $[amount paid] Paid by: [cash / check no. / money order / electronic]

For: rent for the period [rental period, e.g. Nov 1-30] Balance still owed: $[balance owed]

Received by: [landlord or agent name], [landlord address or phone] Signature: ____________________

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